"Free speech rights have been hijacked to suppress the sovereignty of humans in favor of the power of companies and machines"
Tim Wu on how the First Amendment turned from "a constitutional provision meant to protect unpopular opinion" and help the "underdog" into "a tool of legislative nullification that now mostly protects corporate interests", because "nearly any law that has to do with the movement of information can be attacked in the name of the First Amendment":
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/opinion/supreme-court-netchoice-free-speech.html
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